Weekly Schedule

Monday/Tuesday:

• Bellringer: Active/Passive Voice
• Scope Reading: Cause & Effect
  • Worksheet Activity due Today
• Begin Ender's Game Stellated Dodecahedron. Due Friday.

HOMEWORK: Ender's Game novel should be completed, if not reading needs to be completed.

Wednesday/Thursday:

• Ender's Game Chapters 9-15 Dialectical Journal Due.
• Bellringer: Types of Irony
• Ender's Game Aspire Reading Practice & Quiz
• Continue working on Ender's Game Stellated Dodecahedron, due Friday.

Friday:

• Begin Working on Ender's Game Conformity Essay

Monday/Tuesday: 2/03 & 2/04

• Bellringer: Weekly Grammar Practice
• Scantron Performance Series Review
• Ender's Game Aspire Reading Comprehension Test
• Conflict and Theme in Ender's Game.

HOMEWORK: Ender's Game Assigned Reading, Chapters 13-15 need to be completed by Sunday. Review Vocabulary.

Wednesday/Thursday 2/05 & 2/06

• Ender's Game List 3&4 Vocab Quiz
• Complete Conflict & Theme in Ender's game.
• Work on Ender's Game Dialectical Journal.
• IXL Practice (Commas)
• Vocab Pages Due.

Homework: Continue to read Chapters 13-15 of Ender's Game by Sunday.

Friday: 2/07

• Book Talk

Monday/Tuesday: 1/27 & 1/28

• Bellringer: Weekly Grammar Practice
• Characterization and Relationships in Ender's Game. Assignment due Wednesday/Thursday.
• Vocab Pages Ender's Game List 3 & 4 (due next Wed/Thurs)
• Ender's Game Dialectical Journal, Chapters 1-8 due Wednesday/Thursday.

HOMEWORK: Ender's Game Assigned Reading, Chapters 9-12 need to be completed by Sunday.

Wednesday/Thursday 1/29 & 1/30

• Ender's Game Reading Check Assessment, Chapters 1-8
• Active/Passive Voice Lesson & Sentence Strips
• Ratatouille Clips and Active/Passive Voice Practice.
• Ch. 1-8 Dialectical Journal due.

Homework: Continue to read Chapters 5-8 of Ender's Game by Sunday.

Friday: 1/31

• Weekly Grammar Practice Weeks 3 & 4 due today.
• Conflict and Theme in Ender's Game.

Tuesday: 1/21

• Bellringer: Weekly Grammar Practice
• Ender's Game Dialectical Journal, Chapters 1&2
• Subject/Verb Agreement Practice Worksheet. Due Today.

HOMEWORK: Ender's Game Assigned Reading, Chapters 5-8 need to be completed by Sunday.

Wednesday/Thursday 1/22 & 1/23

• Ender's Game Reading Check Quiz, Chapters 1-4
• Scope Article, Argumentative Essay "Does Tik Tok Belong in School? Complete Graphic Organizer based on the reading Due Today.
• What is Irony? View Videos and complete activity. Due Today.
• Depending on time, begin "Characterization in Ender's Game" Reading Analysis.

Homework: Continue to read Chapters 5-8 of Ender's Game by Sunday.

Friday: 1/24

• Ender's Game Vocabulary Quiz
• Ender's Game Vocabulary Pages due.
• Complete Characterization Lesson, If not complete due Monday.

Monday/Tuesday: 1/13 & 1/14

• Bellringer: Weekly Grammar Practice
• Aspire Reading Test
• Write AEC Paragraph on Type of Appeal used in "Dancing to Connect to a Global Tribe" due today.
• Review Subject/Verb Agreement and begin IXL skill, subject/verb agreement.

Wednesday/Thursday 1/15 & 1/16

• Cont. Review Subject/Verb Agreement IXL
• "Ender's Game" Anticipation Guide.
• Review Ender's Game Dialectical Journal, Final Essay Writing Prompt and vocabulary.
• Review Reading Assignment Schedule posted on Google Classroom.
• Begin reading Ender's Game.

Homework: Read Chapters 1-4 of Ender's Game by Monday.

Friday: 1/17

• Weekly Grammar Pages due
• Continue reading and Dialectical Journal.

Tuesday: 1/7/2020

• Bellringer: Weekly Grammar Practice, complete Mon-Wed.
• Analyzing Rhetorical Appeals Power Point. Take Notes.

Wednesday/Thursday 1/8-1/9

• Bellringer
• Analyzing Appeals Worksheet - Group Work - Due Friday.
• Read and annotate "Dancing to Connect to a Global Tribe"
• Begin AEC Paragraph on Writing Prompt. Due Friday.

Friday: 1/10

• Aspire Reading Practice Test on "Dancing to Connect to a Global Tribe."
• Analyzing Appeals and AEC Paragraph due.

Monday/Tuesday: 12/16-12/17

• Bellringer
• Verbals Worksheets: Participles & Infinitives
• Kahoot Review for Mid-Terms on Thurs/Fri.

Wednesday 12/18

• Bellringer
• Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Newspaper Article and Character Review

Thursday/Friday: 12/19-12/20

• Mid-Term Exam
• Grinch Quickwrite & Color

Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Monday/Tuesday: 12/09-12/10

• Bellringer: What are verbals?
• Gerund Power Point and Practice. Take notes on Power Point Presentation. Practice Worksheet due Wednesday/Thursday.
• Need to Know for Mid-Term. Take notes on Standards Handout that will be assessed on the Mid-term.
• Paragraph Planner due today.

Wednesday/Thursday: 12/11-12/12

• Bellringer: Review materials for writing essay.
• Write Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Final Essay. WRITE in class and due today.
• Gerund Practice Worksheet due.

Friday 12/13

• Mrs. Mercer Career Presentation.

Monday/Tuesday: 12/02-12/03

• Bellringer: Weekly Grammar Practice Week 7
• Reading for Analysis and Writing Commentary in Dr. Jekyll & Small Group Work on Characterization and Mood.
• Begin Working on Thesis Statement and Paragraph Planner for Dr. J & Mr. H Essay.
• Exit Ticket: What are concrete devices? What are Abstract ideas?

Wednesday/Thursday: 12/04-12/05

• Scope Magazine Paired Text Reading & QuickWrite 2. Complete Paragraph Planner.
• Begin writing Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Essay due Friday.
• Participle Practice with Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.

Friday 12/06

• Bellringer: Complete Weekly Grammar Practice Week 7
• Gerund Power Point & Worksheet
• Gerund & Participle Practice
• Due: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Essay

Monday/Tuesday: 11/18-11/19

• Bellringer: Weekly Grammar Practice Week 6
• Classwork: Writing Effective Commentary - Handout to be inserted in binder for student resource.
• Classwork: Reading for Analysis & Writing Commentary using excerpts from Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.

Wednesday/Thursday: 11/20-11/21

• Bellringer: Scholastic Scope Reading Comprehension Activity.
• Classwork: Read Graphic Novel of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
• Classwork Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Character Trait Sketch & Theme Graphic Organizer, due Friday.

Friday 11/22

• Bellringer: Complete Weekly Grammar Practice Week 6 - Weeks 5 & 6 due today!
• Classwork: Complete and turn in Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Character Trait Sketch & Theme Graphic Organizer, due today!

Have a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!

• Tuesday: 11/12
• Bellringer: Weekly Grammar Practice Week 5
• Classwork: Continue Reading Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, completing "Read Like a Detective" Worksheet.
• HOMEWORK: Dr. Jekyll Vocabulary Pages due Fri. Read Chapters 3-5 by Friday. (VOCAB Quiz on Friday as well)

Wednesday/Thursday: 11/13-11/14

• Bellringer: Scholastic Scope Reading Comprehension Activity.
• Classwork: Continue "Read Like a Detective" Chapters 1-5 due by Friday.
• Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Vocabulary Group Activity "Mood Quickwrite" using vocabulary words.
• Homework: Vocab Pages for Dr. Jekyll Chapters 1&2, continue with reading, study for Vocabulary Quiz.

Friday: 11/15

• Bellringer: Complete Weekly Grammar Practice Week 5
• VOCABULARY Quiz
• Classwork: Using Participles to Create Suspense in the First Betrayal.
• "Read Like a Detective" Chapters 1-5 questions due.

Monday/Tuesday: 11/4-11/5

• Bellringer: Weekly Grammar Practice
• Using Participles In our writing: Group Activity and Gallery Walk
• Reading for Analysis and Writing for Commentary in The First Betrayal

Wednesday/Thursday: 11/6-11/7

• Bellringer: Scholastic Scope Reading Comprehension Activity.
• Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde pre-reading Anticipation Guide with group activity and class discussion.
• Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Vocabulary Introduction.
• Homework: Read Chapters 1&2 of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Monday (3rd Period) and Tuesday (5th Period)

Friday: 11/8

• Weekly Grammar Review - 2nd Quarter Weeks 3 & 4 Grammar Page Due
• Scholastic Scope Magazine "Day of Disaster" Reading Comprehension and Quiz on Google Classroom - Formative Assessment - due today.